Were vintage shaving soaps actually tallowate based?

pjgh said:
Haha! Yes, "SHAVING BLOCK" ... which I now find:

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... from an old eBay advert.

Looking at the other soaps in this trio:
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This morning's Surrey shave

Cruising eBay I stumbled across something so charming to me that I had to buy it, and that led me straight down a rabbit hole on the Internet for a couple of hours about exactly who Surrey was and how they relate to today's Van Der Hagen. The box was full and shrinkwrapped when I bought...
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Chicago Professional Shaving Products question.

Gentlemen, I posted recently that I had discovered a box of vintage shaving items which included both hardware and software. Among the items I found was a mug and brush from Chicago Professional Shaving Products. I think that it was from the seventies but I am uncertain about the date. I do not...
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1980s?

Nothing for "pashana shaving block" ... but I do recall these Pashana Shaving Domes (on Amazon) within my recent memory: https://www.removeamazon.co.uk/Pashana-5034573510012-Shaving-Domes-4-Piece/dp/B0045YKQ10 < coz the forum software does odd things with Amazon links, click the link and then remove the word "remove" from the URL

Regarding the bowl, I found an old eBay item ... but it's gone. Maybe you bought it @Pontormo

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Yeah, was probably me. The seller listed it as a soap rather than a shave soap
 
pjgh said:
Rough guess, yes ... probably of the same supply as Boots Old English (guess, Potter & Moore).

Does the Floris have an ingredient list? That's likely a tallow formulation - I have an Elite from that era (look and feel of the box front) which is.
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I do have a few more proper vintage soaps now ... my thoughts.

Updates in bold.

Rolls Razor 1950s (perhaps 1940s) ... most definitely tallow, to my face
Gerard of Nottingham 1950s (perhaps 1960s) ... tallow but something else, maybe tallow is secondary
Imperial Leather 1960s (related to Gerard) ... tallow and again, now I'm really looking perhaps something else?
Imperial Leather Classic 1970s? ... tallow, most definitely!
Boots Albany 1960s? ... I think NOT tallow, so palmate?
Coty Avocado 1940s (maybe 1930s) ... absolutely NOT tallow
Culmak 1970s ... tallow and something that feels more veg stearate
Culmak 1980s ... even more veg stearate-like
Boots 1980s ... absolutely tallow (and there's an ingredient list to prove) which shows Boots was NOT Culmak
Cuticura Medicated 1960s ... doesn't have the feel of tallow
Potter & Moore 1950s (maybe 1940s) ... tallowate
Boots Old English Lavender 1950s (maybe 1960s?) ... tallowate and most likely P&M (above)
Yardley Black Label Shaving Stick 1970s (maybe 1980s?) ... maybe tallowate, but it's not obvious
Morny French Fern (1960? maybe older) ... absolutely tallowate!
Goya Cedarwood (1970s) ... yes, it's tallowate
Dubarry Silkashave (1940s? maybe 1930s?) ... not at all convinced there's tallow in this one

Again, entirely subjective.
 
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